Muhammad=92s coming is mentioned in the Bible

Muhammad=92s=20 coming is mentioned in the = Bible

(Quran: 2:75)=20

Do you (Muslims) really hope = that they=20 (the people of the Book: Jews and Christians) would believe in your = religion?=20 Whereas a party of them (rabbis and priests) heard the words Of God in = (the=20 Bible)

(about the coming of the = prophet of=20 Islam), then they altered it knowingly, after they had understood its=20 implications! (That they won=92t be important rabbis and priests = anymore, if they=20 would accept the truth of Quran and Muhammad). =

Genesis (Old Testament) 21:13, 16:3, and = 17:20=20 regarding Hagar, mother of Ishmael,

Deuteronomy 18:18, Moses spoke of a coming = prophet=20 from among the Israelites, =93brethren=94,

a=20 reference to Ishmaelites, cousins of Israelites; Ismael or Ishmael was = the older=20 brother of Isaac

(the lineage of Israelites), Moses = explicitly=20 promised that they will become a =93great nation=94!

Deuteronomy 33:1 and 33:2 combines = reference to=20 Moses, Jesus and Muhammad:

It speaks of God (=91s revelation) coming = from Sinai=20 (to Moses), from Seir (Sair near Jerusalem) (to Jesus)

and shining from Paran (according to = Genesis 21:21,=20 Paran was the wilderness, where Ishmael with his mother Hagar settled = (Area of=20 Mecca, Arabia). Psalms 84:4, 84:5, and 84:6 mentions the pilgrims who = will be=20 passing through the valley of Baca, (another name for Mecca). Isaiah = 42:1=20 through 42:13 speaks of beloved God=92s elect and messenger to be = awaited in the=20 isle (Arabian Peninsula),

who will be a descendent of Kedar. = According to=20 Genesis 25:13, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael,

the ancestor of Prophet Muhammad. Habakkuk = 3:3 speaks=20 of God (=91s help) coming from Teman

(an oasis north of Medina) and the holy one = (coming)=20 from Paran. That holy one who under persecution migrated from Paran = (Mecca) to=20 Teman (Medina) is indeed the prophet Muhammad. This is vividly described = in=20 Isaiah 21:13 through 21:17, telling = also of=20 the battle (Badr) in which a few ill-armed faithful men miraculously = would=20 defeat the =93mighty=94 men of Kedar (Qureish) of Mecca.

Isaiah 42:10 and 42:11 says: He will speak = (a=20 scripture in a new language), with stammering lips and another tongue: = Isaiah=20 28:10, 28:11, 28:12, and 28:13. The name Muhammad is noted in Songs of = Solomon=20 5:16 as Makhmad: =93totally desirable=94; =93Makhmadim=94: the adherents = of Muhammad.=20 John 14:16 and 15:26 and 16:5 through 16:14 Jesus speaks of the = coming of=20 =93the comforter =96 counselor: paraklytos. Paraklytos was originally = Periklytos:=20 =93Ahmad=94, another name for Muhammad; meaning the one who praises God = more than=20 anyone else. This is also mentioned in Quran 61:6.

Dr. Gilani - Los = Angeles,=20 California =96 December 2006